Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Putnam Adds FEP Heat Shrink Tubing to Product Mix

New product made without any processing aids, including silicone oil.  

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dies

New Rotary Die and Cam Lock Design for Tubing

NPE2024: New design enables quick and easy assembly and disassembly of the crosshead, and eliminates the socket head cap screws.  

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NPE

Crosshead Die for Elastomers Adjusts Easily

NPE2024: Mechanically actuated gum space adjustment requires only ordinary socket wrench.  

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Film Extrusion

Blown Film Lines Are Fully Customized

NPE2024:  Systems can be furnished for single- to nine-layer for barrier applications.

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NPE

Interactive Training for Injection, Extrusion and Other Processes

Paulson has four in-booth stations demonstrating its various training solutions.  

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Precise Blender for Low-Throughput Molders

NPE2024: Gravimetric batch blender precisely delivers precise material blends from up to four ingredients at extremely low throughputs.    

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NPE

Downstream Line for High-Precision Profiles

NPE2024: System features calibration and cooling tables, haul-offs, cutting units and tilting tables.  

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NPE

Artificial Intelligence Manages Changing Conveying Conditions

NPE2024: Billed as an industry first, controls autonomously adjusts the conveying system in real-time to move material under optimal conditions.    

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NPE

Mini Control Offers Central Conveying for Small Plants, Work Cells

NPE2024: System supports vacuum conveying systems with up to three vacuum pumps and a maximum of up to 12 receivers.   

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NPE

Resin-Selection Station Conveys Material on Demand

NPE2024: Powerful, space- and labor-saving station makes the connections and conveys material automatically on command.  

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sustainability

Engineering Resins Compounder Expands to Take on More Scrap

Polymer Resources responds to sustainability push by upgrading plant with grinding and shredding equipment to take on both postindustrial and postconsumer reclaim.  

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economics

Processing Megatrends Drive New Product Developments at NPE2024

It’s all about sustainability and the circular economy, and it will be on display in Orlando across all the major processes. But there will be plenty to see in automation, AI and machine learning as well.

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling